The Virgin Nativity Cathedral
Section of Eastern Crosswise Nave. East View

Saint Nicholas Saves Adolescent Demetrius from Drowning

Dionisy's frescoes. Saint Nicholas Saves Adolescent Demetrius from Drowning

Posthumous miracle of the saint. Demetrius, a righteous citizen of Constantinople used to go to pray to St. Nicholas to the city of Anfirit. Once he went to sea in a small boat at night so that to be on time for the morning service. A storm overturned Demetrius’s light boat and the exhausted man started sinking still calling Nicholas for help. Then the saint appeared among the waves, offered his hand and pulled him out of the deep.